All Asia Pacific articles – Page 517
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SINGAPORE: PAL and Okay head air show order business
Philippine Airlines' tentative commitment for a dozen Airbus A350-900s and Chinese carrier Okay Airways' deal for up 20 Boeing 737s led the way in what was a quiet Singapore air show for aircraft order activity.
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SINGAPORE: Satair and UTC sign support agreement
Satair Group and UTC Aerospace have signed a global distribution agreement to support the latter’s smaller and medium customer base for three of its product lines.
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SINGAPORE: Zephyr contract confirmed as UK commits to regional defence sales
The UK Ministry of Defence has placed a highly anticipated order for two Airbus Defence & Space Zephyr 8 high-altitude pseudo-satellites.
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SINGAPORE: VietJet picks GTF engines for A320neo family aircraft
VietJet Air has chosen Pratt & Whitney PW1100G-JM engines to power the 63 Airbus A320/A321neos it has on order.
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SINGAPORE: Saab's Swordfish MPA rolls out onto new airframes
Saab is to integrate its Swordfish maritime patrol system on two new airframes, the Bombardier Q400 turboprop and Global 6000 business jet as it moves away from the legacy Saab 2000 platform.
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SINGAPORE: PAL eyes long-haul expansion with A350s
Philippine Airlines (PAL) is targeting to expand its footprint in Europe and the US, with its latest commitment for 12 Airbus A350-900s.
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SINGAPORE: Bombardier to take Q400 up to 90 seats
Bombardier has announced a new 90-seat variant of its Q400 turboprop at the Singapore air show, as well as other payload and maintenance enhancements, that will enter service in 2018.
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SINGAPORE: Boeing eyes international COD role for V-22
Boeing believes it can build on a recent contract award from the US Navy for the V-22 Osprey and offer the tiltrotor to other future operators of the Lockheed Martin F-35B short take-off and vertical landing fighter.
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SINGAPORE: Bombardier promotes special mission aircraft
Bombardier foresees a big market in the Asia-Pacific region for its Challenger series of aircraft modified for special operations missions.
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SINGAPORE: Lockheed, Sikorsky unlock new opportunities
Helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky believes its international sales efforts have become stronger since it was bought in 2015 by Lockheed Martin from former parent United Technologies.
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SINGAPORE: Okay Airways commits to up to 20 737s
China's Okay Airways has committed to order up to 20 Boeing 737s, in a deal worth $1.3 billion at list prices.
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SINGAPORE: Daher introduces upgrade package for TBM 900
Daher's TBM 900 is making its Singapore debut just under two years after the French airframer launched the latest variant of its "very fast turboprop". The single-engine aircraft belongs to Singapore owner-operator John Giddens, who upgraded from an older TBM 850 in 2014.
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SINGAPORE: Lessors keeping faith in CSeries – Bombardier
Lessors that have ordered the CSeries remain confident in the product despite the low numbers of airline customers, says Bombardier.
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SINGAPORE: Comac works to optimise ARJ21
Comac says it is working to optimise its ARJ21 regional jet, and that changes could be incorporated into production aircraft within the next two to three years.
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SINGAPORE Daily Air to lease four Twin Otters
Taiwan's Daily Air is leasing four Viking Twin Otter Series 400 aircraft from CAVU Aviation Finance.
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SINGAPORE: SIA awards supplier contracts on A350s
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has awarded contracts for suppliers for its incoming fleet of new Airbus A350s.
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NewsLarge-cabin business jet squeeze hits values
Throughout 2015, the large-cabin, long-range sector, showed some serious signs of weakness in light of an emerging markets slowdown and reduced demand from oil-producing countries, according to Flightglobal’s Ascend consultancy. This triggered a slump in the residual values of many established models in this niche, it says.
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SINGAPORE: Embraer seals cross platform security deal
Embraer has concluded a deal to provide an integrated security package that ties together ground-based surveillance radars, air traffic management, command and control, and Super Tucano light attack aircraft.
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SINGAPORE: New UAV partnership ups Skeldar appeal
Recently established unmanned air vehicle joint venture UMS Skeldar believes it will be able to boost the competitiveness of the Skeldar unmanned helicopter over rival systems.
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SINGAPORE: Lockheed estimates regional demand for 100 more F-35s
Lockheed Martin estimates that there could be a market for 100 or more F-35s in Asia-Pacific, beyond the more than 150 aircraft so far ordered by the region's confirmed customers Australia, Japan, and South Korea.